Rail connection for car-seats and the like.



PATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

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RAIL GONNEGTION FOR GAR SEATS AND THE LIKE.-

' APPLICATION FILED APE-28, 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

I ICDIVARD G. BUDD, OF PIIILADELPIIIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HALE-KILBURN METAL COMPAN Y, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OFPENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL CONNECTION FOR CAR-SEATS AND THE LIKE.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Application filed April 26, 1905. Serial No. 257,539.

citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Rail Connections for Car seats and the Like, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide means of a simple anddurable charactor for supportinga sill or rail of angular cross-sectionat either end thereof.

The invention is particularly applicable to the construction ofcar-seating, wherein sills :5 or rails are employed extending betweenand (.(mnecting the side plates or frames and upon which commonlyoperate the rockers carrying the seat-cushion. In apparatus of thisclass it is desirable that so far as possible each of the variouscomponents shall be com lete in itself and capable of being(OIISIIUt'itt as a separate entity in order to facilitate assem blagc.In the present invention this is accomplished with regard to the sillsor rails by 2 5 providing them at their ends with permanently-attachedbearing-pieces having means for ready attachment to the side plates orframes of a car-seat. The bearing-pieces themselves are peculiar to thisinvention,

comprising a novel construction of great strength, not only in itself,but also in its connection with the sill or rail and the adja-' centside late or frame. Additionally, such bearing-piece operates tostrengthen the sill 5 or rail, which is commonly subjected toconsiderable strain, since it carries much of the weight of theoverlying seat-cushion and its supporting-rockers and of the occupant ofthe seat.

In carrying out the invention I employ a sill or rail of angularcross-section (such, for example, as angle-iron) having preferably aperpendicular web and an integral horizontal web. In such perpendicularweb may be formed the rocker-run which receives the rocker of theseat-cushion. At each end of v such sill or rail I provide abearing-piece comrising a perpendicular member. perforated or thereception of a bolt coactmg with the side plate orframo of the seat andextensions therefrom pro'eeting inwardly toward the body of the sill orrail, serving not only to strengthen the bearing-piece, but also toafford means for the attachment thereof to the Be it known that I,LnwAm) G. BUDD, a perpendicular and horizontal members of the sill orrail. To further strengthen the construction, said bearing-piece,preferably either of stamped or pressedsteel, may be provided with agusset between the perpendicular and horizontal members thereof, all ashereinafter described in detail.

I The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of a portion of a car-seatprovided with my invention. Figs. '3 and 3 are respectively a plan viewand a perspective illustrating the invention on enlarged scale, andljig. 4 is a perspective, view illustrating a modification of thebearing-piece whereby the sill or rail is connected with the side plateor frame of the seat.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar let Le rs denotecorresponding parts, A designates a seat-pedestal, upon which theseatirame is supported, said ramc inclndim the side plate a, to whichare secured the siils I, preferably two in number. Supported b saidframe in any suitable manner are reversible latch-supporting arms a,preferably so connected with the seat-cushion or cushion-supportingrockers a as that the reversing movement of said back will transmitcorresponding movement to said cushion. Each sill or rail B is providedwith a rockerrun b, adapted to receive the llange formed on the bottomof one of the rockers a and to permit such rocker to operate thereinunder the influence of the back-reversing mechanism above referred to.In'the present instance I have shown the sills or rails B as formedfofan lc-iron, having the erpendicular member and the horizontalhnember bintegral therewith.

t designates the bearing-piece whereby one end of a sill or rail issecured to the side memberof the seat. 'lhisbearing-piec ;,preferably ofpressed steel, comprises the perpendicular member a and mtegral lateralextensions as follows-to wit, the horizontal extension 0, the1wrpendicular cxtenison c, and the angular extension (1, oneportionwhereof is formed at substantially a right angleto theperpemlicnlar member 0 and the other portion at substantially a rightangle to the horizontal extension 0.

e designates a gusset formed between the members 0 c of the besrinwpieceand contributing strength thereto. l he perpendicu- 1211' member 0 ispreferably provided with an orifice (Lsdzipted to receiie sscrew or boltti, Wherebythe hearing piece and sill or rail "connected therewith maybe secured to the side plate (r. T he lateral extensions 0 and c" arealso provided with orihces to receive .bolts or rivets it (Z wherebythese extensions (Shown in Figs. 2 and 3.) This form is also efficientfor the purpose named, although locking the degree of strength of thebearingpiece C, due to such lateral extension. I

In the connnercinl manufacture of car-- seating Jhe bearing-pieces {Imay be manufactured in large quantities and at a single operation, saveso for as concerns proridin hem with the orifices for the bolts or'rivets. Such bearing-pieees 4211M)" also be "readily assembled with thesills.or rails by znerely securing them in position in the man nerstarted, so that in assembling the various l i l l l l l l l durability,the several parts of the seat structure it is only necessary to placethe sills or rails in position between the side plates and to securethem bysuitable means, such as the screws or bolts (1.

The connection described may not only be readily and quickly made, butis also of great parts being firmly and permanently bound together, inthe preferred forni illustrated in the drawings the sills or rails Babutting the internal faces of the side plates, thus contribu ingrigidity to lhe structure as it whole.

Having now described my invention, what l clsim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

The combination with 1 sill or rail, angular in crossscotion, ofelwaring-piece comprising it perpendicular portion and means forsecuring the some to un zitljzlccnt plate, lateral extensions and meansfor securing the same to the webs of. sand sill or rail, s nd a; lateralstrengthenine extension formed integrirl with said perpendicularportion, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 18th day of April, 1905.

EDWARD (l. RUDD.

itnesses:

Jonx B. KILBURN, P. J. TUCKER.

